LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 1445 Secret Realm Scene
"You...you didn't lie to me?"
What surprised Zhou Yiqiao was that the fantasy that turned into Zhao Zhen's appearance seemed to have really come alive at this moment, and he actually showed an excited expression.
Zhou Yiqiao looked at him and nodded solemnly.
"I will never break my promise!"
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he was stunned for a moment. Then, he slowly closed his eyes. The hatred on his face gradually dissipated, replaced by peace.
"I hope...Brother Zhou can...keep...his promise..."
After he said these few words intermittently, the vitality in his body quickly faded away.
"Ugh."
Zhou Yiqiao sighed softly, watching the illusion of Zhao Zhen dissipate before him, feeling mixed emotions.
He had a feeling that this big brother who had helped him when he was in humble circumstances would probably never appear in his consciousness again.
"Brother Zhao, I will keep my promise this time."
Zhou Yiqiao muttered to himself, not knowing whether it was a promise to Zhao Zhen or a reminder to himself.
As Zhao Zhen's illusion disappeared, the surrounding environment changed again.
The original guest room shattered like bubbles, turned into starlight, and dissipated in the air.
Instead, there was a vast world, with a huge full moon hanging in the sky and a valley full of flowers on the ground. All kinds of exotic flowers and plants grew in the valley, exuding charming fragrance.
"This should be the true location of the Xuantian Secret Realm."
Feeling that the rich spiritual energy around him could not be directly absorbed and refined as Luo Lishang said, Zhou Yiqiao finally exhaled and relaxed.
"Fortunately, I have temporarily resolved this cause and effect with Zhao Zhen. Otherwise, I really would not have any more ways to escape from the illusion."
After making a self-deprecating remark, he officially released his spiritual sense to observe the surrounding environment.
"Ok?"
Zhou Yiqiao suddenly frowned, because he found that the valley he was currently in was several times larger than he had imagined!
In the middle of the valley, there is a palace rising from the ground. Although it is abrupt, it blends perfectly with the surrounding environment without any sense of inharmoniousness.
Zhou Yiqiao looked at the palace and felt a little alert.
After all, among the precautions that Luo Lishang had reminded him of, he had never been told that there would be such a large number of traces of human cultivators in the Xuantian Secret Realm.
He hesitated for a moment, but decided to go and investigate first.
After recording the information he had discovered in detail in the jade slip, Zhou Yiqiao disappeared from the spot in an instant, and the next moment, he appeared in front of the palace.
"what?"
Zhou Yiqiao looked at the palace in front of him with a hint of surprise on his face.
The appearance of this palace looked extremely familiar, and he even had the illusion that he seemed to have been here before!
"What is going on?" Zhou Yiqiao frowned slightly, a hint of doubt rising in his heart.
But soon he focused his attention on the palace in front of him.
I saw that the palace was carved entirely from white jade, emitting a faint fluorescence under the moonlight, looking mysterious and noble.
On the gate of the palace, three large characters were carved in ancient script.
Zixiao Palace.
Although these three words are a little blurry, they can still be barely recognized.
"Zixiao Palace?"
Zhou Yiqiao looked at the name of the palace in front of him, and his doubts grew even more.
He was sure that he had never seen a palace like this, and he had never even heard of a name like Zixiao Palace anywhere.
Zhou Yiqiao was still confused when a heavy muffled sound came from the Zixiao Palace, and then the tightly closed bronze door suddenly opened slowly.
A tremendous and vast pressure surged out from the Zixiao Palace, instantly enveloping Zhou Yiqiao.
"Boom!"
A loud roar was heard and the entire palace shook violently, as if a dragon was turning over.
Along with the loud roar, a straight and wide stone road suddenly appeared at Zhou Yiqiao's feet. It started from him, extended to the end of the sight, and finally disappeared into the depths of Zixiao Palace.
Zhou Yiqiao released his spiritual sense again, and just as he expected, after passing through the bronze gate and entering the Zixiao Palace, his spiritual sense completely lost its effect. He became like an ordinary person, unable to display any ability of a cultivator.
"There is indeed something wrong with this Zixiao Palace."
He spoke calmly, hesitating whether to step into this unknown palace.
"Although I don't know the speed of time I will experience this time, for the sake of caution, I should still treat it as six hours."
"That is to say, if I hadn't entered this Zixiao Palace, I would have most likely been searching outside for six hours and found nothing."
As soon as the thought came to his mind, Zhou Yiqiao no longer hesitated and took the first step.
However, at this step, something surprising happened.
As soon as his left foot landed on the ground, the surrounding scene quickly retreated. With just one step, Zhou Yiqiao passively moved forward an unknown distance and stood at the door of a towering palace hall that was a hundred feet high.
The entrance of this palace hall is also made of bronze.
On the two bronze doors, various lifelike birds and beasts are carved from top to bottom.
These birds and beasts seem to be distributed according to some kind of relationship of mutual promotion and mutual restraint, with no consideration for the beauty of the picture at all.
For example, in one scene, a huge bear is staring at a mantis on the tip of its nose with wide eyes, while under the bear's feet are two white cranes that are no bigger than its palm.
For example, in one scene, there is a strange bird with flames burning all over its body, holding a giant python with dragon horns on its head in its feet, and flapping its wings as if to fly, but there is a butterfly above its head blocking its way.
"This monster beast that looks like a white crane should be the ancient auspicious beast Caixia Bird. The giant python caught by the flame bird should be the Tenglong Jiao with the blood of a true dragon."
"Then who are this giant bear that stepped on the Caixia Bird, and this strange fire bird, and the mantis and butterfly that were on their way..."
Zhou Yiqiao recognized most of the monsters at the bottom level of the bronze gate. The more he looked, the more frightened he became. The more he looked, the more a horrifying guess emerged in his mind.
"Could it be that these ancient beasts that I know of are only at the lowest level among these monsters?"
He swallowed, his eyes flashing with complicated expressions.
Although Zhou Yiqiao did not dare to boast that he was well-versed in history, his favorite thing to do besides practicing was to read all the classics related to the world of cultivation. Naturally, he understood how terrifying these ancient ferocious beasts at the lowest level were according to the records of the ancestors of the human race.
However, these ancient ferocious beasts are only at the bottom level of the bronze gate. So how powerful would the creatures at the middle and upper levels be?
Zhou Yiqiao took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in his heart, raised his hand to push open the bronze door and take a peek at the scenery behind the door. Zhou Yiqiao took a deep breath, suppressed the shock in his heart, raised his hand to push open the bronze door and take a peek at the scenery behind the door.
But this time, the bronze door did not move at all, and Zhou Yiqiao was unable to push it open easily.
"what happened?"
Zhou Yiqiao said secretly in his heart, bent his right arm slightly, gathered his spiritual power into his right fist, and attacked the door with all his strength.
"Oh!"
After a muffled sound, the door was intact, but the monster statue on the door had changed!
The eyes of the Tenglong Jiao that was caught by the foot of the fire monster bird suddenly lit up.
The next moment, Zhou Yiqiao felt the world spinning and the surrounding environment suddenly changed!
He found himself in an empty palace!
Before he could express his surprise, a deafening roar came from above his head.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yiqiao immediately looked up and saw a black dragon about a hundred meters long, with wings on its back, dragon horns on its head, and a strong body, rushing towards him.
"Tenglong Jiao!?"
Zhou Yiqiao was startled and quickly circulated his spiritual power to protect his whole body, while retreating rapidly.
However, the Tenglong Jiao was much faster than him. It caught up with him in the blink of an eye and opened its bloody mouth to bite his head!
At the critical moment, Zhou Yiqiao could only cross his arms in front of him and take the blow!
The two collided, and Zhou Yiqiao was knocked flying without any surprise.
He only felt his arms going numb, the blood in his body surging, and he almost vomited blood.
"Damn it, how did that Tenglong Jiao come back to life!?"
Zhou Yiqiao cursed and quickly summoned the Jade Purity Spirit Flame to recover from his injuries. At the same time, he released most of the restraints of the Spirit Binding Armor on himself and focused on dealing with the crisis in front of him.
The Tenglong Jiao swooped down again, rushing towards Zhou Yiqiao with destructive force!
"Roar!"
It roared angrily and slapped down with its huge claws.
This giant claw contained extremely strong destructive power. Once Zhou Yiqiao was hit by it, he would definitely die.
Zhou Yiqiao's face changed. He didn't dare to resist this force and could only dodge quickly.
However, as an ancient ferocious beast, how could Tenglong Jiao consume all its strength in just one strike?
His attack missed and a ball of blazing flame suddenly condensed in his mouth and sprayed towards Zhou Yiqiao!
This ball of fire contained the original power of the Tenglong Jiao and was extremely powerful. Before it reached Zhou Yiqiao, the scorching temperature had already made him sweat profusely and his clothes were soaked in an instant.
Without giving Zhou Yiqiao time to think, he hurriedly activated the Jade Purity Spiritual Flame to bless him. The restraint of the Soul Binding Armor was completely released, and a thick spiritual power shield instantly gathered in front of him!
"Tsk~!"
The collision sound in the tone did not appear, instead, there was the sound of the spiritual shield being quickly melted!
In just one breath, the shield that gathered 30% of Zhou Yiqiao's spiritual power had completely melted away.
Zhou Yiqiao's pupils contracted, and he made up his mind. Instead of retreating, he moved forward, turning into a black light and attacked the Tenglong Jiao.